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AI and ML Engineer, Lead

Pay
USD 112,800–257,000/year — pay source
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page. Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement
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Before you apply

Work authorization
Citizens onlyTS/SCI clearance is required

What you’ll work on

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  • Design and implement AI solution architecture or strategy for client problems

  • Solve unusually complex problems with highly innovative solutions

  • Mentor or supervise employees in company and technical competencies

  • Support project teams to scale, monitor, and operate AI and ML platforms

  • Develop scripts and programs to convert data into usable formats

From the employer’s posting
Design and implement effective AI solution architecture or strategy utilizing approaches of various AI technologies and methods to address clients' business problems and needs
Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions.
Mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies.
support project teams to scale, monitor, and operate AI and ML platforms
Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats

What you’ll bring

All qualifications

Core experience

  • TS/SCI security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Coding scalable solutions in Python or TypeScript
Qualification wording
TS/SCI clearance
Bachelor’s degree
Ability to code and develop scalable solutions from scratch using languages such as Python or TypeScript
Education & alternatives
- TS/SCI clearance - Bachelor’s degree Nice If You Have:
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Oct 8, 202634 days ago
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Last seen by us
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How this job compares

Pay

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$113K–$257K against $166K–$240K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

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Time since we first saw it

Day 34

Similar jobs usually come down between day 8 and day 75.

At Booz Allen Hamilton, jobs usually come down by about day 34.

From 5,254 similar postings that came down, and 627 of Booz Allen Hamilton’s. Coming down is not always a hire.

Booz Allen Hamilton is hiring

229 open jobs

Open jobs by the week we first saw them, last 12 weeks.

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  • 12% of open jobs were reposted
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Where the posting names them
- Experience creating solutions within a collaborative and cross-functional team environment - Ability to code and develop scalable solutions from scratch using languages such as Python or TypeScript - Ability to navigate ambiguity, problem-solve creatively, and operate with minimal supervision
- Experience working on real-time data, streaming applications, or AI model deployment - Experience with data warehousing using AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, or Snowflake - Experience with Agile engineering practices
- Experience with Palantir tools such as Foundry - Experience with distributed data or computing tools, including Spark, Databricks, or pipeline data science tools such as Alteryx - Experience working on real-time data, streaming applications, or AI model deployment

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Has Booz Allen Hamilton posted this job before?

Yes. We’ve followed one other AI and ML Engineer, Lead job there since August 2026. It is still up.

  1. HuntsvilleStill up after 91 days, first seen Aug 12
  2. This jobUp 34 days so far, first seen Oct 8

About Booz Allen Hamilton

People
About 31,500 in 2026, down 12% from the year before.Annual report (SEC Form 10-K)
Company
Listed as BAH.

Demand for ML Engineer roles

New ML Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 13% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new ML Engineer postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 617, the most 1,122, and the latest week had 1,122.
August 17Last week

Each bar is one week of new postings. The darkest bars are the last 6 weeks.

Counted from the hiring pages we’ve followed for at least five weeks, so employers we add don’t look like growth. Updated weekly.

About the role

We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.

Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.

A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.

US government figures for computer and information research scientists

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$140,300
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for ML engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information research scientists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.

Job description

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AI and ML Engineer, Lead

The Opportunity:

Design and implement effective AI solution architecture or strategy utilizing approaches of various AI technologies and methods to address clients' business problems and needs while complying with the organization’s strategies, business goals, and key ethical considerations. Apply leading-edge principles, theories, and concepts and contribute to the development of new principles and concepts. Work on unusually complex problems and provide highly innovative solutions. Operate with substantial latitude for unreviewed action or decision. Mentor or supervise employees in both company and technical competencies.

 

You Have:

  • 3+ years of experience in application development, AI and ML engineering, software engineering, or data science
  • 3+ years of experience designing, developing, operationalizing, and maintaining complex software or ML applications at enterprise scale
  • 1+ years of experience creating software for retrieving, parsing, and processing structured and unstructured data to support ML workflows
  • Experience creating solutions within a collaborative and cross-functional team environment
  • Ability to code and develop scalable solutions from scratch using languages such as Python or TypeScript
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, problem-solve creatively, and operate with minimal supervision
  • Ability to develop scripts and programs for converting various types of data into usable formats, and support project teams to scale, monitor, and operate AI and ML platforms
  • TS/SCI clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree

 

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience with full-stack application development or deploying ML models
  • Experience with Palantir tools such as Foundry
  • Experience with distributed data or computing tools, including Spark, Databricks, or pipeline data science tools such as Alteryx
  • Experience working on real-time data, streaming applications, or AI model deployment
  • Experience with data warehousing using AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, or Snowflake
  • Experience with Agile engineering practices
  • Ability to rapidly master new AI and ML frameworks, libraries, and tools
  • Ability to be technically curious and eager to learn

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​Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.


Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.


Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

  • Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
  • Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
  • Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

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Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings. - Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility. - Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role. - Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
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